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murdoch is a big backer of republicans. if more momentum builds for probes into possible hacking in the united states or even congressional hearings, there are cautionary tales for lawmakers, reports that tabloids sometimes turntables for those who investigate them. most of those accounts date back to well before the scandal blew back in the media in recent weeks. media standards trust tells us when british parliamentarians look into the tabloid press a couple of years ago, he heard allegations that they were discouraged from repeatedly inviting rebecca brooks, one of murdoch's top execs to receive. >> the allegation was they were told, members were told do not invite her again. do not press this one, do not push it because if you do, you're regret it. and that was made very clear to them. >> reporter: contacted by cnn, a news corporation spokeman would not comment on that allegation. >> are you concerned they might hit back at you, dig into your personal life or whatever? >> i'm not worried about my personal life nor am i
murdoch is a big backer of republicans. if more momentum builds for probes into possible hacking in the united states or even congressional hearings, there are cautionary tales for lawmakers, reports that tabloids sometimes turntables for those who investigate them. most of those accounts date back to well before the scandal blew back in the media in recent weeks. media standards trust tells us when british parliamentarians look into the tabloid press a couple of years ago, he heard allegations...
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solution to a big problem. and there are a lot of things that we' placed on the table as an option. it would be wonderful if we had the republicans go on the table and put their sacred cows on the table. >> some of the republicans have done it. some of your liberal democrats in the house can't accept this gang of six proposals precisely because it deals with entitlements, social security, medicare, medicare. and they will never vote for it. and so you rear the chair. you have a tough position. you've got to get the conservative democrats, the liberal democrats. you're also a member of congress. what will you do if it comes down to a deal that the president wants, supporting the gang of six legislation and you have a lott of seniors in your district in south florida. >> making sure we protect seniors from being gravely harmed by changes to medicare is a goal of all democrats including the president. and i know that long-term making sure that we can get a big solution to a big problem is going to be important. an
solution to a big problem. and there are a lot of things that we' placed on the table as an option. it would be wonderful if we had the republicans go on the table and put their sacred cows on the table. >> some of the republicans have done it. some of your liberal democrats in the house can't accept this gang of six proposals precisely because it deals with entitlements, social security, medicare, medicare. and they will never vote for it. and so you rear the chair. you have a tough...
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they're worried the taliban have been preparing a big one. after days of nothing, the insurgents are getting attacked from all sides. >> come on, hustle up. >> reporter: they use mortars first, aiming fortal ban talibae hills. but the incoming fire is very accurate here. >> go, go, go! >> reporter: they arrange cover from heavy machine guns. but the bullets are too close. locals scatter. just before huge american fire power has the last word. four massive air strikes across the hills and then the taliban fall silent. america knew why it came here, but isn't sure why it's staying. >> can we get like a police call for like cigarette butts? >> absolutely. >> reporter: ten minutes later, jets swoop into strafe the hills. a show of force for the taliban are now either gone or dead, at least five killed by the soldiers count. the next morning, it starts again. mortars and rocket propelled grenades pound the base. for a second time in just 15 hours, the place is under attack. much heavier this time and it appears they've taken casualties. more air s
they're worried the taliban have been preparing a big one. after days of nothing, the insurgents are getting attacked from all sides. >> come on, hustle up. >> reporter: they use mortars first, aiming fortal ban talibae hills. but the incoming fire is very accurate here. >> go, go, go! >> reporter: they arrange cover from heavy machine guns. but the bullets are too close. locals scatter. just before huge american fire power has the last word. four massive air strikes...
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it's a big chain of dominoes. you're free to pick the one that frightens you the most, but at the core of it for me would be the run on job losses again from the new recession that will be born. kelly writes severe poverty breeds crime, disease, suffering and insurgency. we know this. hey big business. we don't get paid, you don't get paid, understand? i'm disabled. my social security check is the only thing i live on. if i don't get my check, i'll have nothing to live on. i imagine this applies to thousands of people. carol in mass mass, as a former international banker, i'm not scared at all. it's a global economy. we all need each other. rating agencies have become meaningless. life will go on. what scares me is how dug in the tea party is in trying to eliminate government. but don't take aware their medicare. jim in colorado says losing my house, potentially my job and seeing years of hard work building my life flushed down the toilet by a bunch of self issued logs who are not representing the majority of citi
it's a big chain of dominoes. you're free to pick the one that frightens you the most, but at the core of it for me would be the run on job losses again from the new recession that will be born. kelly writes severe poverty breeds crime, disease, suffering and insurgency. we know this. hey big business. we don't get paid, you don't get paid, understand? i'm disabled. my social security check is the only thing i live on. if i don't get my check, i'll have nothing to live on. i imagine this...
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the fact is that -- >> are you saying this is not a big deal? $800 million of aids has been suspended. >> both sides are working together on a number of things and pakistan is not happy with the pace of delivery of assistance. americans are not happy with the pace of delivery of certain deliverables from pakistan. it happens sometimes. right now because pakistan is a fledgling democracy and everything that happens there hits the media and there's an american domestic political context in which everything becomes an issue because of the way people react to your administration. this has become -- >> the reaction in pakistan to the u.s. decision to suspend at least for now $800 million in promised aid, a spokesman for the pakistani military saying in the past, we have not been dependent -- we have not been dependent on any external support for these operations. and they will. >> in 1999 there was no aid relationship. even though the u.s. and pakistan continued to work together albeit in a limited manner. it's not a good idea. it insults the people
the fact is that -- >> are you saying this is not a big deal? $800 million of aids has been suspended. >> both sides are working together on a number of things and pakistan is not happy with the pace of delivery of assistance. americans are not happy with the pace of delivery of certain deliverables from pakistan. it happens sometimes. right now because pakistan is a fledgling democracy and everything that happens there hits the media and there's an american domestic political...
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we have this big dome or big area of high pressure that's been sitting over the nation's mid-section in the east just baking. that's where you're seeing this heat building. this stretches miles into the atmosphere and that's why we call at it dome. it looks like those covers you put over your dinner plate. it looks like that. that cooler air finally drift southward. that's why we're seeing showers and thunderstorms along the cold front but make it feel better and boston and say new york city as we head into tomorrow. let's do show you a couple of those thunderstorms. here's our radar map to see where they have been blowing on through across the upper midwest, throughout the great lakes and cleveland just about to get hit there as well. a few of these thunderstorms can be severe, ton. mainly wind makers and maybe some hail. >> thank you, jacqui jeras. we have some developing news for you. working in washington where lawmakers and president obama are trying to reach a deal on raising the debt ceiling. there could possibly be some movement. what's going on? >> reporter: i'm standing in
we have this big dome or big area of high pressure that's been sitting over the nation's mid-section in the east just baking. that's where you're seeing this heat building. this stretches miles into the atmosphere and that's why we call at it dome. it looks like those covers you put over your dinner plate. it looks like that. that cooler air finally drift southward. that's why we're seeing showers and thunderstorms along the cold front but make it feel better and boston and say new york city as...
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bigness is the target. comprehensiveness and balance are our targets. >> why increase the stakes by pushing for a bigger goal with weeks to go before the deadline? the current thinking centers on this man, speaker john boehner. negotiators wondering, can he muster enough votes to get it through the house of representativ representatives. one theory is a bigger deal will help him sell the plan to conservative republicans because it contains even more deficit reduction. >> everything is on the table except raising taxes on the american people. >> congressional and white house staffs will huddle through the weekend to ma'amer out a deal. among the house republicans, spending cuts larger than the increase in the debt limit and no tax increase. some of the items democrats want, extending the payroll tax holiday and closing corporate tax loopholes and finding other ways to increase revenue. leaders mead again on sunday. candy, a bigger deal puts enemies on the table that make both sides worried. tinkering with se
bigness is the target. comprehensiveness and balance are our targets. >> why increase the stakes by pushing for a bigger goal with weeks to go before the deadline? the current thinking centers on this man, speaker john boehner. negotiators wondering, can he muster enough votes to get it through the house of representativ representatives. one theory is a bigger deal will help him sell the plan to conservative republicans because it contains even more deficit reduction. >> everything...
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how is $14 trillion in relation to how big the economy is. it's about 95% of the size of the whole economy. we're fast approaching rates not seen since way back in world war ii and the great depression. when the size of the debt limit and the national debt was actually bigger than our gdp. this is what economists call a debt crisis. america runs by borrowing money. right now, 38 cents is borrowed money. if the debt kreeling is not raised in time, the u.s. could default on some of the payments. that's the last thing we need, recovering from a recession. >> fomdominique strauss-kahn ma face new sexual assault charges even though the case in new york is falling apart. [ male announcer ] to the seekers of things which are one of a kind. the authentic, the rare, the hard to define. to those always searching for what's pure and what's real from we who believe we know just how you feel. haagen-dazs. i've tried it. from we who believe we know just how you feel. but nothing's helped me beat my back pain. then i tried this. it's salonpas. this is the r
how is $14 trillion in relation to how big the economy is. it's about 95% of the size of the whole economy. we're fast approaching rates not seen since way back in world war ii and the great depression. when the size of the debt limit and the national debt was actually bigger than our gdp. this is what economists call a debt crisis. america runs by borrowing money. right now, 38 cents is borrowed money. if the debt kreeling is not raised in time, the u.s. could default on some of the payments....
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and los angeles bracing for the big one. not an earthquake, but a massive traffic jam that's being called carmageddon. i'm wolf blitzer you're in "the situation room." a florida judge today granted casey anthony's motion for a protective order. that means she won't have to face a deaf mission suit filed against her until october. casey anthony is being suzed by a woman named zenaida fernandez. she told investigators that's the name of caylee's nanny and the woman had taken the little girl and disappeared. gonzalez denied knowing anthony or her daughter. in this case, casey anthony appears to leave prison on sunday. there are concerns about her safety. let's go to orlando. what are these concerns all about, david? >> well, wolf, it was on this very day back in 2008 that casey anthony's mother first made those dramatic 911 calls with police, first alerting them to her missing granddaughter. so now three years later, casey set to get out of jail on sunday, facing tremendous public anger. and a public relations expert says there
and los angeles bracing for the big one. not an earthquake, but a massive traffic jam that's being called carmageddon. i'm wolf blitzer you're in "the situation room." a florida judge today granted casey anthony's motion for a protective order. that means she won't have to face a deaf mission suit filed against her until october. casey anthony is being suzed by a woman named zenaida fernandez. she told investigators that's the name of caylee's nanny and the woman had taken the little...
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your conversation with senator paul is a fascinating snapshot of the big question. where do we go next. let's assume in a moment or two the house will pass this plan. we know the president says he would never sign it. we already know it is most unlikely to escape the senate and by tonight or tomorrow could be voted down in the senate. the question, wolf, after we go through the rituals. house republicans plant their flag right now and senate democrats plant their flag, when will the real negotiations begin? many people will tell you they can see the broad outlines of a deal. it's somewhere in the numbers around the reid plan. $2.5 trillion. you get cuts. you do it one time. not two like house republicans do and you can have cap in that plan and triggers for additional cuts in that plan if say the savings would come from iraq and afghanistan and don't materialize and votes on a balanced budget amendment but what the democrats reviews to do is tie an increase in the debt ceiling to passing the balanced budget amendment. you can see the rough outlines of a deal. any de
your conversation with senator paul is a fascinating snapshot of the big question. where do we go next. let's assume in a moment or two the house will pass this plan. we know the president says he would never sign it. we already know it is most unlikely to escape the senate and by tonight or tomorrow could be voted down in the senate. the question, wolf, after we go through the rituals. house republicans plant their flag right now and senate democrats plant their flag, when will the real...
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people who are not signing are not making the big commitment to iowa. the republican party almost -- you must not win iowa. >> i hear 24 about dumping iowa caucus every four years. hasn't happened. probably won't happen. it looks like iowa has a lock. >> i'm an evangelical. my wife is an ordained minister, i'm a christian author. i think this pledge is stupid and idiotic. so for those republicans who are refusing to sign it, i agree with them. if you're married when you stood at that altar and pledged before god, that's the commitment you made. also if you are elected, you have to recite a pledge in the constitution. that's the only one that matters. so this is ridiculous. it's simply detracts. now they have to explain the slavery language wrz the rest of the people saying i'm not dealing with that nonsense. this has nothing to do with the real issues that people are thinking about. >> black people had it better under slavery as opposed to now. >> the pledge point is very powerful. why allow your commitment to be segmented by these different groups. and
people who are not signing are not making the big commitment to iowa. the republican party almost -- you must not win iowa. >> i hear 24 about dumping iowa caucus every four years. hasn't happened. probably won't happen. it looks like iowa has a lock. >> i'm an evangelical. my wife is an ordained minister, i'm a christian author. i think this pledge is stupid and idiotic. so for those republicans who are refusing to sign it, i agree with them. if you're married when you stood at...
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. >> that's the big question and the big factor at the center of all of this. they don't have a lot of time and they need to move both of these through both chambers of congress and somehow reconcile them, how they're going to do that. >> let me go back to the white house. it looks like these two plans, they're obviously a senate plan by majority leader harry reid and house plan by speaker john boehner. does the white house feel sidelined or left out of thf process? >> i had this question, too, and i talked with one official who said the president can't be sidelined. he is the president. he has the power of the veto pen. he's the one who says ultimately if something moves. although inthe thought is if he was given a plan that could get through congress, i think the thought is how could he do anything but sign it? but certainly the president and the white house have been very much in touch with senate democrats and the roll right now is that senate majority leader harry reid is pretty much the president's lifeline through this at this point. but there's no doubt
. >> that's the big question and the big factor at the center of all of this. they don't have a lot of time and they need to move both of these through both chambers of congress and somehow reconcile them, how they're going to do that. >> let me go back to the white house. it looks like these two plans, they're obviously a senate plan by majority leader harry reid and house plan by speaker john boehner. does the white house feel sidelined or left out of thf process? >> i had...